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scott horsley15 hours ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 21 - 4:05pmRT @nprpolitics: JUST IN: The North Carolina State Board of Elections has voted unanimously to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District amid many signs that the outcome was tainted. https://t.co/fxjXkgxDGXscott horsley15 hours ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 21 - 3:18pm@MilesParks reports from North Carolina: GOP House candidate Mark Harris calls for a new election in the disputed ninth district. https://t.co/tu22UPCpUgscott horsley1 day ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Feb 20 - 10:30am@scottdetrow That works out to about...yep...$27 per donation.scott horsley3 days ago:&nbsp &nbspMonday Feb 18 - 3:04pm@MilesParks with the latest from North Carolia on that STILL contested House Race. https://t.co/hYHuj3hbwkscott horsley5 days ago:&nbsp &nbspSaturday Feb 16 - 10:40am@Fritschner Ecclesiastes 3:1-4scott horsley6 days ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Feb 15 - 4:38pmThis comes hours after the president declared a national emergency to free up far more money for his border wall than lawmakers had approved. https://t.co/dAOQv1lspBhttps://t.co/TqyQtxS2eoscott horsley6 days ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Feb 15 - 4:36pmIn a signing statement accompanying his signature on a bill to keep government operating through Sept. 30, President Trump tells Congress not to step on his constitutional authorities, but to observe the separation of powers. https://t.co/mbrAtPTRzWscott horsley6 days ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Feb 15 - 3:40pmCongressional critics say President Trump's use of emergency powers to help pay for his border wall is different than the dozens of emergencies other presidents have declared in the last four decades. https://t.co/dAOQv1lspBhttps://t.co/5ofUxcQSPO

Link to Imagescott horsley6 days ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Feb 15 - 3:36pmPresident Trump insists using an emergency declaration to help fund his border wall is routine--something presidents have done dozens of times in the past without attracting much opposition. His critics argue this time is different. https://t.co/dAOQv1lspBhttps://t.co/HWJ7HUi9pI

Link to Imagescott horsley1 week ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 14 - 6:11pmRT @nprpolitics: Despite pressure from President Trump, the Tennessee Valley Authority voted to close a coal-fired power plant in Kentucky — a plant that bought coal from a top Trump campaign donor. https://t.co/6oPnr8wLtYscott horsley1 week ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 14 - 5:58pmThe president's annual checkup finds him in generally good health. But at 6'3" and 243 pounds, Trump is now officially obese. https://t.co/lnChTjL4Brscott horsley1 week ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 14 - 5:55pmHoliday Shopping Slump Jeopardizes Economic Growth https://t.co/9gciCApSASscott horsley1 week ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 14 - 2:34pmThe Obama admin passed a big tax cut as part of the stimulus and left the money in paychecks so more workers would spend it. Good economics but bad politics as most people didn't believe they got a cut. Now the Trump admin is learning that same lesson. https://t.co/AvyFDrQVHZscott horsley1 week ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 14 - 2:17pmAfter disappointing retail sales in December, the Atlanta Fed lowers its forecast for fourth-quarter economic growth to 1.5%. If Q4 is 2% or less, GDP growth for all of 2018 would fall short of the White House target of 3%. https://t.co/EjVXaeLMRKhttps://t.co/kIDPzLCxs3

Link to Imagescott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 7 - 10:38pmRT @brandonetc: the definitive John Dingell remembrance is this from @DonGonyeahttps://t.co/v6lEN2gg5Qscott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Feb 7 - 12:14pm@BricoleurDev Thank you !scott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Feb 6 - 6:52pmRT @nprpolitics: NEW: GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested in a hearing about gun violence that a U.S. border wall, not gun control legislation, would stop acts of gun violence, and tried to remove two fathers of Parkland victims from the hearing when they protested. https://t.co/EB6O84i5Odscott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Feb 6 - 2:07pmRT @NPR: UPDATE: President Trump has nominated Treasury Department official David Malpass to run the World Bank.
https://t.co/SPQDYhPQ3rscott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Feb 6 - 12:44pmIn a win for payday lenders, the Trump administration wants to roll back an Obama-era rule that aimed to protect consumers from endless cycles of debt. Here's our story from 2015 about the rule. https://t.co/spLxS5Jz29https://t.co/lirq971Jgm

Link to Imagescott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspSunday Feb 3 - 1:17pmhttps://t.co/NRxfFcDURmscott horsley2 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Feb 1 - 3:51pm@KeeQue@NPR@tonyromo WSJ says Tony Romo predicted 72 plays (out of 2599) over the course of the season, and was correct 68% of the time -- a record that a lot of political prognosticators would envy. https://t.co/pRKhJVraWascott horsley3 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 31 - 2:33pmIt was found in a tractor-trailer passing through a legal port of entry. https://t.co/r1MsF3Gs7Xscott horsley3 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 30 - 7:07pmCongratulations Alison on a job well done for San Diego! Wishing you and Damien many relaxing golden years in the Golden State! (And thanks KPBS for the historic pic of reel to reel tape decks and me with black hair!) https://t.co/8Gr71JSo6Mscott horsley3 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 30 - 2:17pm@NYFarmer@miklb@ckahn Beautiful. Thank you!scott horsley3 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 30 - 1:52pmHigh-stakes trade talks between the U.S. and China are underway in Washington. Negotiators have just over a month to make a deal or else risk escalating the ongoing tariff war. https://t.co/cVNrnikkSsscott horsley3 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 30 - 1:45pm@Ultra_siete @ckahn Quite right. Meant to suggest this is a continent-wide source of pride.scott horsley3 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 30 - 1:39pmSome warm news on a chilly day: The monarch butterfly population wintering in Michoacan, Mexico has more than doubled in size from last year. Hats off to everyone working to restore monarch habitat on this side of the border. h/t @ckahnhttps://t.co/rqSXOuSE9D

Link to Imagescott horsley4 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 24 - 11:57amBeggar thy (inter-state) neighbor in the extreme. Planet Money took a look at this back in 2016 (with an update two years later): https://t.co/SPTFqIYvVLhttps://t.co/F3Ywh1v9pvscott horsley4 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 23 - 4:55pmTrump is forced to take his State of the Union speech elsewhere after Pelosi says he can't use the House chamber until the shutdown ends. The battle of wills over the speech is a miniature version of the larger standoff over govt spending and Trump's wall. https://t.co/I1zGzhX2ugscott horsley4 weeks ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 23 - 3:13pm"Tinkle contest" update https://t.co/I1zGzhX2ugscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspTuesday Jan 22 - 11:30pm“Make something of yourself.”
He did. https://t.co/Ist0NKcfAQ

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 16 - 10:55pmhttps://t.co/jWpx2fZ4aMscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 16 - 10:41pmRT @jackhealyNYT: A few days ago we interviewed Matt Kampf, a federal wildland firefighter in Colorado going unpaid. His family was trying to save by foregoing Rice Krispies for the store brand.
He sent this photo of what showed up on his doorstep: https://t.co/g3SdVOnVJh

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 16 - 5:35pmRT @nprpolitics: The agency leasing the Old Post Office Building improperly ignored the Constitution's anti-corruption clauses when they continued to lease the property to President Trump even after he won the 2016 election, an internal federal government watchdog said. https://t.co/Yw6MJ5zYAhscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 16 - 5:34pmCNBC: Vanguard Founder and index fund guru Jack Bogle dies at age 89. (Outperforming average life expectancy by ten years.)scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 16 - 4:06pm@scottdetrowhttps://t.co/uTtTOtoRxr

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspTuesday Jan 15 - 11:59amPresident Trump is having What the White House calls a “working lunch” with lawmakers today to discuss the border wall and the partial government shutdown. Not on the menu: Democrats. https://t.co/NCLt4mMgGb

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspSunday Jan 13 - 10:02pmAmen! My WSJ and NYT came through as well ! https://t.co/Lr8LOqSAxwscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspSunday Jan 13 - 4:04pmWhat kind of toddler must one be if he is to be allowed to put his hand on the wheel of history? https://t.co/zG2puFXtFescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspSunday Jan 13 - 9:42amJust how slow is molasses in January? Turns out, about 35 mph! https://t.co/IkYhbrElPOscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 10 - 2:32pm@nevilleaysgarth I heard that too, and had the same reaction, but it wasn't me. 800K is hardly "scores."scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 10 - 1:24pmOminous sign for a continued government shutdown. President Trump's Davos trip wasn't slated to begin until Jan 21. https://t.co/6i35NFHbIwscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 10 - 10:37am@jbrodsky Yum !scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 10 - 10:03amPresident Trump is still threatening to invoke "emergency" powers to secure wall funding if he can't reach a deal with Congressional Democrats. But Trump says he's not prepared to go there yet. The president spoke before heading to McAllen, TX for a photo opp on border security.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 10 - 5:55am@thathaastu1 Thanks for the feedback but have to disagree. This was a pearl-handled knife in the president’s psychic ribs—an attack on Trump’s mythical reputation as a self-made billionaire.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 9 - 6:59pmCheese is piling up. And that’s not gouda. Blame over-production by dairy farmers, changing tastes, and — to a lesser extent — trade disputes. https://t.co/T7xhsPQr4Bscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 9 - 4:12pmHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi needles President Trump over the 800,000 federal workers who will miss paychecks on Friday as a result of the partial government shutdown. https://t.co/NAUubDzYkGhttps://t.co/bCFGXVO64Y

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 9 - 3:17pmDespite a few cracks, President Trump says Republicans remain “totally unified” behind their border wall shutdown strategy, as 800,000 federal workers approach their first payday with no pay. https://t.co/3a15dql3eYscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 9 - 10:09amRT @LynnHorsley: Prairie Village Hen House sacker was well loved, and supporters helped raise thousands for his funeral and burial:
https://t.co/yMFl3CuU7Lscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 9 - 6:41amIf you missed the president’s 10-minute Oval Office speech last night, catch up now with a new 16-minute NPR Politics Podcast. https://t.co/VSRqX7PGDcscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspWednesday Jan 9 - 12:06amRT @nedprice: Most notable in tonight's Trump address is what we DIDN'T hear: Anything about the terrorists purportedly pouring across our southern border. That's about as close as this administration will ever get to acknowledging that they've been lying to the American people for days.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspTuesday Jan 8 - 11:52pm@nprpolitics To clarify—a lot of illicit drugs come across the border from Mexico. But they’re smuggled through ports of entry, not the area that a wall is designed to seal off.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspTuesday Jan 8 - 11:29pmRT @arishapiro: If you missed our live @npr special, here’s part of it where @HorsleyScott & I fact-checked some of the more dubious claims in Trumps’s Oval Office address: https://t.co/aA7V2EJ0e2scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspTuesday Jan 8 - 10:43amHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s prime time address on the border tonight.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspMonday Jan 7 - 4:00pm@Reince@ScottWalker Not really "unrivaled" economic growth: https://t.co/O1T4h0SU6Sscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspSunday Jan 6 - 6:35pmRT @GlennKesslerWP: Bravo to Chris Wallace. We've fact-checked this bogus claim and it's great to finally see a TV anchor nail a WH flack for using it. https://t.co/mYUgpUusMCscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspSunday Jan 6 - 6:11pmRT @LynnHorsley: @st_vockrodt NYT story focuses on Wisconsin but the debate is also raging in Kansas. Here's our story from last year about Target appeals. Walmart appeals coming too:
https://t.co/jeCQYJ56wescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspSaturday Jan 5 - 9:51am@nahaltoosi@titonka Fearmongering with false information has been a hallmark of this administration from the beginning. And it’s front and center in the current border wall debate. https://t.co/1u4kECbVIQscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Jan 4 - 8:06pm@TraumaJunkie17@nprpolitics@tamarakeithNPR@scottdetrow@NPRrelving There ARE NPR tours! And a gift shop! The politics team is on the 4th floor so just holler when you get close. https://t.co/6ha0uZUz3nscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Jan 4 - 5:02pmRT @jackiekcalmes: FUN FACT: Fully 820 miles of the nearly 2,000-mile US-Mexico border -- 41% -- is represented by a Republican, Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, who opposes a wall and was just reelected in a tough race in which he emphasized that position.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Jan 4 - 10:23amMonths 24-36 under Obama were a period of strong job growth, however, a record that will be tough to beat, especially with sub 4% unemployment.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspFriday Jan 4 - 10:08amBlockbuster jobs report from the Labor Department showing 312K jobs added in December plus strong wage gains. Job growth during the first 23 months under President Trump (4.6M) still trails job growth during the last 23 months under President Obama (4.8M). But gap is shrinking.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 3 - 8:19pmWe’ve got a new NPR Politics Podcast, including a surprise endorsement for PBS. (But did the president pledge?) https://t.co/dQjVTBfCtjscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspThursday Jan 3 - 4:43pmApple shares tumble nearly 10% today after the company warns of sluggish iPhone sales in China. The S&P500 slumps 2-1/2%. The fallout challenges President Trump's claim that trade wars are good and easy to win. https://t.co/ZBrO5JI79Dhttps://t.co/dHl1H4Tvju

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspMonday Dec 31 - 6:41pmPresident Trump’s 2019 pay freeze for civilian federal workers contrasts with a 2.6% raise for military servicemembers and would widen the gap in recent pay hikes IF it holds. Civilian workers are counting on Congress to intervene. https://t.co/rqAJJuqJWdhttps://t.co/wzQGMnCP09

Link to Imagescott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspMonday Dec 31 - 4:37pmAfter a similar lawsuit stemming from a 2013 shutdown, some 25,000 workers were found to be entitled to DOUBLE their back pay, because the government had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.scott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspMonday Dec 31 - 4:31pmThe largest union of federal employees has filed a lawsuit on behalf of "essential" federal workers who are on the job during the partial shutdown but don't know when they'll receive their next paycheck. https://t.co/gdJz0Izodwscott horsley1 month ago:&nbsp &nbspMonday Dec 31 - 11:20amhttps://t.co/lf2w1xyJT4https://t.co/sFxYfOLMhp